Patient, family, carer and support person evaluation survey template DATE: Australian Open Disclosure Framework Supporting materials and resources
Open Disclosure: Patients, families, carers and support persons evaluation survey What is the survey about? This survey has been developed to enable feedback from patients, families their carers about the open disclosure process. The aim of this survey is to improve the open disclosure experience for people involved in an incident that resulted in harm to a patient while receiving health care this includes patients, their family and carers as well as Ballarat Health services staff. This survey is about your experience with open disclosure. When completing the survey, please reflect on your experience either as a patient or as a family member, friend or carer. You can request that this survey be conducted as a face-to-face interview. Terms used in the survey: To help you complete the survey, the following terms are used: Harmful incident Staff Open disclosure Support person An incident that led to patient harm. Such incidents can either be part of the healthcare process, or occur in the healthcare setting (i.e. while the patient is admitted to, or in the care of, a health service organisation). Note: This term is used interchangeably with adverse event. Anyone working within a health service organisation, including self-employed professionals such as visiting medical officers. An open discussion with a patient about an incident(s) that resulted in harm to that patient while they were receiving health care. The elements of open disclosure are an apology or expression of regret (including the word sorry), a factual explanation of what happened, an opportunity for the patient to relate their experience, and an explanation of the steps being taken to manage the event and prevent recurrence. Open disclosure is a discussion and an exchange of information that may take place over several meetings. An individual who has a relationship with the patient. References to support person in this document can include: family members / next of kin carers friends, a partner or other person who cares for the patient guardians or substitute decision makers social workers or religious representatives where available, trained patient advocates. References to support person should be read with the words, where appropriate. All responses will remain confidential.
Survey Questions 1. I am a (please tick all relevant answers) Patient Relative of the patient Friend of the patient Carer of the patient Support person Other 2. Date of the incident that resulted in harm 3. On a scale from 1-10 (1 being least serious and 10 the most serious) how serious were the of the harmful incident? No Mild Moderate Severe 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4. When were you first told about the harmful incident? (Please tick one) Within 48 hours 1-2 weeks Within 1 month More than 1 month I was not told about the unexpected event 5. Was this timeframe acceptable for initial contact? (Please tick one) it was too early it was too late 6. I had one or more planned open disclosure meetings about the harmful incident (please tick one) If you did not have any open disclosure meetings, do not answer the other questions. Thank you for your time. If you did participate in open disclosure meetings, please continue to the next question. 7. Were you informed about the plan to commence open disclosure? (Please tick one)
8. How long after the harmful incident did the first planned open disclosure meeting occur? (Please tick one) Within 48 hours 1-2 weeks Within 1 month More than 1 month More than 6 months 9. Who initiated the open disclosure meetings? (Please tick one) Health service organisation/ staff Patient/support person 10. If the open disclosure meeting was initiated by the patient or support person, when did this occur? (Please tick one) After a request for information from the health service organisation After a formal complaint to the health service organisation Other (please specify) 11. Who attended the open disclosure meeting? (Please tick all relevant answers in each column) This person was previously involved in the care of the patient Doctor Surgeon GP Nurse Midwife Another healthcare provider Health service administrator Other (please specify) 12. Was there anyone else you would have liked to attend the open disclosure meeting/s? (Please tick one) (please specify)
Please indicate your level of agreement by circling the relevant answer: Strongly DISAGREE Slightly DISAGREE Neutral Slightly AGREE Strongly AGREE NA or unknown Open Disclosure Process 13. I was given the name of a health service staff member who would act as an ongoing point of contact throughout the open disclosure process 14. I was given options about the time and place of the open disclosure meeting/s 15. I was given options about the staff participants attending the open disclosure meeting/s 16. I was given the opportunity to have a support person(s) present who was not a health service organisation staff member 17. I was given enough information about what to expect during the open disclosure process 18. I was given an apology or expression of regret including the words I am/we are sorry 19. I was given an explanation about the harmful incident 20. This explanation was clear 21. I was given adequate time to talk about my experience of the harmful incident 22. I had opportunity to ask questions about the harmful incident 23. Clear information was given about the consequences of the harmful incident 24. After the open disclosure, it was clear to me how the health service organisation was going to investigate the harmful incident 25. I was given the opportunity to contribute to the health service organisation investigation of the harmful incident 26. Staff were willing to share further information as it became available 27. I was give information about how the hospital will prevent similar harmful incidents in the future 28. The information given to me about how the health service organisation will aim to prevent similar harmful incidents in the future was clear 29. Health service organisation staff also gave written information about what we discussed in the open disclosure meeting(s) 30. Written information given to me about what we discussed in the open disclosure meeting(s) was clear 31. Health service organisation staff did not try to avoid the open disclosure
Outcomes 32. Health service organisation staff involved in the patient s care recognised and acknowledged the healthcare incident 33. Health service organisation staff were regretful 34. Health service organisation staff treated me with respect 35. Health service organisation staff were good at listening to me 36. I was offered appropriate support to deal with the harmful incident immediately after it 37. I was offered appropriate support to deal with the harmful incident on an ongoing basis 38. Health service organisation staff offered support for any future problems caused by the incident 39. I was given the option of arranging additional meetings if I have further questions in the future 40. The conclusion of the open disclosure process was mutually agreed between myself and the staff 41. The hospital met its responsibility to me 42. I found open disclosure helpful 43. I would be willing to return to this health service for future care 44. I am satisfied with the open disclosure process 45. Please tell us how could the open disclosure process could be improved for patients/support persons? Thank you for completing this survey.